In this lesson, we get a chance to put everything we've learned about laces together in one piece. Blended Lace really isn't a category in any lace book I've read. But...years ago, when I would get lost in Marguerite Porter Davison's - A Handweaver's Pattern Book, studying the threadings...I noticed that a few laces had indeed used all the threading methods we have studied in one piece. They had diagonal lines like twills coming from Bronson Spot and blocks (sometimes 2 blocks) like Bronson Lace and Swedish Lace in different places. A light bulb went off and it was the first time I really thought about the connectivity between all structures on 4 shafts. When you take the time to think about it there has to be! After all, there are only 4 places to put your warp threads, and yet we get dozens of different structures that have their own characteristics. However...there are still only 4 shafts! It blows my mind to this day that we can get so much out of a simple 4 shaft loom. I didn't want to stop weaving on this warp, the scarves are simply scrumptious.
I hope you enjoy this episode.....
Things we will learn:
-That we can combine Huck, Swedish, Bronson Spot and Bronson Lace (Atwater) all in one piece
-We can have 2 blocks
-We can have diagonal lines of lace inspired by twill shapes
-We cannot have vertical plain weave on 4 shafts but could have on 5 shafts
-We can thread selvedges as half units to avoid long floats at the edge.
You can purchase the complete Blended Lace Kit at Jane Stafford Textiles:
https://weaving.link/blended-lace-kit
Looking at Blended Lace!
The drawdowns for Blended Lace.
Let's look at our draft for this episode and the scarves you can weave!
Jane weaves several of the Blended Laces.
The Show & Tell, once again with wonderful scarves to inspire you and we'll give you the draft as well!
With our draft for this episode, we'll be weaving 8 beautiful towels for yourself or to gift!